Spinoza for Our Time Book by Antonio Negri (Farsi)

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In "Spinoza for Our Time: Politics and Postmodernity," Antonio Negri not only revisits but advances his earlier engagement with Spinozian thought from "The Savage Anomaly." Presenting Spinoza as a proto-postmodernist, Negri contends that the philosopher is only now, in the era of the postmodern, becoming truly contemporary. This work also establishes connections between Spinoza's theories and recent developments in political philosophy, specifically the resurgence of Carl Schmitt's "political theology" and Spinoza's place in the context of a "radical enlightenment." By portraying Spinoza as a contemporary revolutionary intellectual, Negri effectively counters critiques from twentieth-century scholars like Jacques Derrida, Alain Badiou, and Giorgio Agamben.